say my name

PANG YUAN YUAN
Playwright/Director
Ph.D. Pang Yuan Yuan is a director, actress and playwright whose 60 plus directing credits range from classical Greek tragedies to contemporary comedies to Broadway musicals to new play development. Born and raised in Hong Kong, educated in Canada and America, Pang Yuan Yuan brings to her work an East-West fusion aesthetics. But she never forsakes her Chinese roots. She is an Artistic Associate of the New York-based Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company, and a founding board member of IN[sight] CO[lab] Theatre in Colorado. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Pang Yuan Yuan website

David Nehls
Music & Lyrics/Music Director
David Nehls As a composer/lyricist, David has supplied music and lyrics for the following: THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL (Dodger Stages/ 2007 National Tour/ 2004 NYMF Festival/2008 Edinburgh Festival/ Produced Regionally), BROADWAY BARES 19 &20 (Opening Numbers for both years) as well as the 2016 opening number for BROADWAY BARES FIRE ISLAND, I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (World Premiere 2016 at the Arvada Center For The Arts And Humanities), THE WATERCOOLERS (2002 Off Broadway Production/ 2007 National Tour/ Continuing Industrials) BREACH (Evolution Theatre Company), A MIDNIGHT CLEAR, PANTO SLEEPING BEAUTY (both 2009 and a special 2020 edition online), PANTO MOTHER GOOSE (All at Stages Repertory Theatre), IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1993 National Tour/Produced Regionally), KILLER WIGS FROM OUTER SPACE (2017 NYMF, Benefit concert for Denver Actor's Fund 2018, workshop production 2016 CU Boulder and Short Animation Project, GenCon Selection- 2013, Terror Film Festival, Philadelphia-2013), THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS MUSICAL (Premiere at Stages Rep, Houston, Produced Regionally)and the new musical MOMMIE DEAREST which he has collaborated with Christina Crawford.

MARI BEAZLEY
Tong-Tong Chen/Ah Toy/Mrs. K
Mari Beazley is currently earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Halfway through her degree Mari has found that through global stresses, art and theatre have not yet failed in bringing a necessary mixture of knowledge, joy, and a calming energy to people. Stressful times have solidified Mari's love of performance and she will continue to do what she loves until she does not love it anymore. Mari is so grateful to be a part of this production which tells the stories of not just women, but women of Asian origins. As an actress who is both, a production that tells empowering stories about women like her is a rare and important opportunity that is impossible for her to pass up on.

NATALIE CONNELLY
Bian Thuy/Chi
Natalie Connelly is a third year student at the University of Colorado pursuing a BFA in Acting and a BA in Psychology. She was adopted from Vietnam and raised in Dallas, Texas where she was involved in various productions around the DFW area including: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (The Westwood School) and Newsies (North Texas Performing Arts). After moving to Colorado to attend university, she quickly jumped into the Boulder theatre community and was seen in Heathers the Musical (The Spark) and Spring Awakening (University of Colorado). She would like to thank her family and friends for their endless support as well as the cast and crew for their dedication and hard work.

SEAN GRAVES
Mr. Jones/Siri
A 2020 graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder’s BFA program, Sean Graves is ecstatic to be apart of the Say My Name cast and work with the director and playwright Dr. Cecilia Pang on staging this new play with Local Theater Company. His regional credits include The Kentucky Cycle with Vintage Theater, Elizabeth Rex with Lost and Found Productions, and Superior Donuts with Firehouse Theater Company.

JENNA MOLL REYES*
Yumi Kachiro/Tsuru Aoki
Jenna is a local Equity Actor, Director, Musician, and Teaching Artist. She’s performed on many Colorado stages such as the Denver Center for the Performing Arts: Off Center, Miners Alley Playhouse, Aurora Fox Arts Center, Local Theater Company, Curious Theater Company, the Arvada Center, Vintage Theater, and the People’s Building. You can purchase Jenna’s music on Bandcamp under jmollreyes.bandcamp.com and find other music related posts on Instagram under the hashtag: #jennaontherocks. When off stage, Jenna loves to take photos (@boon.eye.photos), make Mala necklaces (@malas.by.moll), eat pizza, and use the Oxford comma.

MEI TAYLOR 
Seung-Min Lee
Mei graduated from CU Boulder with her BFA in acting in 2020.  After graduating in the beginning of the pandemic and taking a theatre hiatus, she is excited to get a taste of performing again.

KARA SHEA 
Narrator
Kara Shea is a Colorado Native and recent graduate of Colorado Boulder, where she got a dual degree in Acting (BFA) and Creative Writing (BA) with a minor in education. She is an avid reader and loves storytelling in any capacity.

BETTY HART
Post-Show Facilitator
Betty has acted in Local Lab and has facilitated audience conversatioons and salons for Local Theater Company. In 2020, Betty directed Josh Kroenig’s Vroom Vroom for Local Lab, which audiences never saw due to the theatre wide shut down. In June 2021, Betty directed the one person play An Iliad for Creede Repertory Theatre (CRT) and in spring, directed a virtual offering of To the Moon by Beth Kander for CRT as well. In spring of 2021, Betty directed an original devised theatrical film for the University of Northern Colorado called 2020 Speaks. Upcoming projects include directing Polaroid Stories for Metropolitan State University, By the way, Meet Vera Stark for the Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, Once on this Island for Town Hall Arts Center and Blackademics for Vintage Theatre. In November of 2020, Betty gave a Ted Talk on compassion culture instead of cancel culture. You can view the talk here: go.ted.com/bettyhart

JESSICA HUANG
Dramaturg
Jessica Huang is a playwright based in New York, from Minnesota. Her work has been commissioned by Audible, History Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Mixed Blood Theatre, Timeline Theater, Theater Masters and Theater Mu, and includes The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin (Barry and Bernice Stavis Award, Kilroy's List), Mother of Exiles (Rosa Parks Playwriting Award, Paul Stephen Lim Playwriting Award, Kendeda Prize Finalist), Transmissions in Advance of the Second Great Dying, and Purple Cloud. She has been a member of the Civilians R&D Group, Page 73's Interstate 73 and Ars Nova Play Group, and has had fellowships at the Playwrights' Center and McDowell. She is a graduate of the Playwrights Program at Juilliard.

MISHA S. ZIMMERMAN
Stage Manager
Misha S. Zimmerman is Local Theater Company's Producer. Her stage management credits with Local Theater Company include award-winning productions of Discount Ghost Stories: A Colorado Folklore Concert, Paper Cut, Wisdom from Everything and the annual Local Lab New Play Festival. Misha served as the digital producer for Local’s 2020/2021 online season. Other stage management credits include The Secretary (Curious Theatre Company), The Headliners (Cherry Creek Theater), Florencia en el Amazonas (Opera Steamboat) and The Enchanted Pig (Opera Steamboat). Misha holds a BA in Theater and Literature from the University of Colorado and participated in the Semester at Sea study abroad program.

Appearing through an Agreement between Local Theater Company and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.